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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Food product

BLUE GREEN ALGAE: Packaged under the following brands: AMERICAN HEALTH KALMATH SHORES BLUE GREEN ALGAE, 120 CAPSULES, UPC: 0 76630 02542 3 and Puritan's Pride PREMIUM Kalamath Lake Blue Green Algae, 500 MG, 120 RAPID RELEASE CAPSULES, UPC 0 74312 12542 3

F-1835-2018

August 07, 2018

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Natures Bounty Inc
Event
Event 80781
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
71,409 Bottles
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-1835-2018

Official wording

Reason: High level of microcystin observed in the product.

Code information: Lot Number/Expiry Date: 178747 / 05/2020;199658 / 10/2020; 264855 / 04/2021; 33766 / 01/2020; 959219 / 02/2019; 964323 / 10/2018; 982016 / 04/2019; 982017 / 05/2019

Distribution pattern: Nationwide and Foreign: AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA CANADA CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CROATIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR ENGLAND FINLAND FRENCH POLYNESIA TAHITI GUATEMALA HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN MACEDONIA MALAYSIA MEXICO MOLDOVA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND PARAGUAY POLAND ROMANIA SCOTLAND SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA(ROK) SPAIN SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND TAIWAN U.S.A. UGANDA VANUATU

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    High level of microcystin observed in the product.